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NIC-10 Sports History Book

Dan Scarpetta was as close to unhittable as the NIC-10 conference has ever seen. The left-hander led Auburn to the first of its three IHSA regional titles his senior year and then was drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. It remains the highest a District 205 […]

The sixth annual Champions Ball & RPS Athletics Hall of Fame was a sellout Saturday night as friends, family and fans came out to celebrate athletes, coaches and contributors from all four of the current Rockford public high schools as well as West High School. The Register Star’s Adam Poulisse did an excellent job capturing […]

Auburn’s Dan Appino, who coached the Knights football program for the past six seasons, sat down with Thinker Ventures, a business development firm in Rockford, to talk about the importance of culture to creating a winning organization. Click here to give it a listen.

Tom Warner and Alex Gary caught up with Dan Wikse, the 1965 state tennis champion from West High School. Dan remains the only state singles champion in NIC-10 history. He’ll be inducted into the RPS 205 Athletic Hall of Fame on February 24. Stateline Sports Hour Dan Wikse interview

The Auburn Knights have had a number of outstanding basketball players since the school opened in the 1960s. Click here to see a list of all the first-team all-conference boys players in school history.

The Northern Illinois Conference started in the 1916-1917 school year with seven schools. Since, there have been 11 different iterations of what is today known as the NIC-10. Click here for a historical rundown of the changes.

The Rockford Auburn boys basketball team from 2014-2015 was one of the most dominant champions in the history of the conference. The Knights went 16-0, matching the 2010-2011 Auburn squad of Fred VanVleet, but this Knights team was deeper, with four players among the top 15 in the conference.

There is only one Rockford-area NIC-10 athlete in the College Football Hall of Fame. That’s Ralph “Moon” Baker, a star for Rockford High School who was Northwestern’s version of Red Grange. Baker was inducted in 1981, four years after he died. Northwestern has little on its own star. The NIC-10 Sports History Book has resurrected […]

When was the last time a District 205 team won the NIC-10 girls basketball title? That would be the 1990-1991 season when Adrienne Jefferson and Carrie Coffman led the Jefferson J-Hawks to state with a 26-4 record. The 1990-1991 J-Hawks will be inducted into the RPS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018.

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Rockford Sports Coalition is a registered Illinois 501(c)3 non-profit, a separate and distinct entity from Rockford Public Schools. Rockford Sports Coalition's mission is to preserve, support and promote interscholastic athletic programs and facilities in Rockford's district 205 public schools. * Donations may be tax-deductible - consult your tax advisor.